HBO thinks "A Game of Thrones" means they can reliably do Gaimen's American Gods

[Slyph]

You're right, what made me say American Gods?

That was the one with "Shadow" and "Low-Key" wasn't it? ughhhghgh... *vom*

I only read it through because I really like House on the Rock. I've been, it's super.

[Faust]

His Hellblazer is awful, as are a lot of his comic works but the sandman was excellent. I didn't think much of American gods so I'm not too emotionally invested in the series.

[Slyph]

Sandman had something, accidental genius perhaps.

Did you ever read Lucifer though? Carey picked up that ball and Forest Gumped that motherfucker.

[LMNO]

Is there really a Gaiman backlash happening here?  Weird.  That man is a brilliant storyteller.

I would also suggest HBO should break American Gods into 7 episodes, one for each day of the week.  Symbolic, no?

[Faust]

Sandman had something, accidental genius perhaps.

Did you ever read Lucifer though? Carey picked up that ball and Forest Gumped that motherfucker.

The first couple of volumes are really wishy washy but it picks up a lot after that. Its not my favorite series but its pretty good.

Is there really a Gaiman backlash happening here?  Weird.  That man is a brilliant storyteller.

I would also suggest HBO should break American Gods into 7 episodes, one for each day of the week.  Symbolic, no?

I think Gaiman has really good ideas but often gets caught up in them turning them into sensationalist fantasy, where other writers like Moore are meticulous and purposeful.
The sandman remains one of my favorite series but apart from that Gaiman has consistently let me down.

[Slyph]

Is there really a Gaiman backlash happening here?  Weird.  That man is a brilliant storyteller.

I've been saying Gaiman can't write convincing dialogue for years. He probably knows I said it, due to a perculiar quirk of Google.

[LMNO]

I was unaware he was trying to.  He usually writes in the style and language of myth, fable, dream, magic, and poetry; and his dialogue reflects that.

[Slyph]

HG: MMM, There's quite a few of us round here. It was okay in the summer, but I hate the cold

JC: Yeah?

HG: Yes. And drunk yuppies, Couple of them worked me over the other night

JC: I'm sorry

HG: Me too.

[Succulent Plant]

Until I clicked this thread, I assumed when I saw the "Game of Thrones" thread popping up here that it was some sort of role playing game. 

Back to your regularly scheduled discussion...

[Luna]

Sandman had something, accidental genius perhaps.

Did you ever read Lucifer though? Carey picked up that ball and Forest Gumped that motherfucker.

The first couple of volumes are really wishy washy but it picks up a lot after that. Its not my favorite series but its pretty good.

Is there really a Gaiman backlash happening here?  Weird.  That man is a brilliant storyteller.

I would also suggest HBO should break American Gods into 7 episodes, one for each day of the week.  Symbolic, no?

I think Gaiman has really good ideas but often gets caught up in them turning them into sensationalist fantasy, where other writers like Moore are meticulous and purposeful.
The sandman remains one of my favorite series but apart from that Gaiman has consistently let me down.

Both Stardust and Neverwhere blew my mind.  (Stardust, possibly, because my first exposure was a reading that Gaiman did in New York City...  I am a sucker for some accents...)

[Triple Zero]

FWIW, I loved reading American Gods. The audiobook is pretty good as well, I have it on my mp3 player for listening when it's dark and I'm in a train or bus or something and can't read. Takes forever to get through it that way, but that's okay

I find I prefer listening to audiobooks that I already read at least once, anyway. Too easy to get distracted and miss a bit.

[Telarus]

Interesting stuff. I dug his recent Dr Who episode.

I wonder if this will end up showing the "Eostre" scene. Gods, when I found out that Eostre was pretty much made up whole cloth it made me realize that he fell for that Meme too. I still consider that scene a run-in with Enyo the Devourer.

[Luna]

Interesting stuff. I dug his recent Dr Who episode.

I had geeksquee over that one.  It was pathetic, I swear.

[Gordon C]

Until I clicked this thread, I assumed when I saw the "Game of Thrones" thread popping up here that it was some sort of role playing game. 

Back to your regularly scheduled discussion...

Yeah welcome to the club. I checked it out on HBO's site. The first episode ends with some guy killing a kid because he walked in on him cheating with some hooker (nice). then he's all like "what I wouldn't do for love" 

[leln]

FWIW, I loved reading American Gods. The audiobook is pretty good as well, I have it on my mp3 player for listening when it's dark and I'm in a train or bus or something and can't read. Takes forever to get through it that way, but that's okay

I find I prefer listening to audiobooks that I already read at least once, anyway. Too easy to get distracted and miss a bit.

Poke around on librivox.org, it's the audiobook version of Project Gutenberg. It can be a challenge to find readers you don't want to strangle for less popular works, but some of it's surprisingly good.

And for the sake of actually being on topic, I'll be interested to see how they handle all the little story fragments in American Gods. That was a book I really enjoyed rereading just because I could appreciate how the odd bits and little details weave together later on.